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Removed from the Republican ballot due to a petition error back in April, Ilion's Mayor Brian Lamica and Trustee Chuck Lester have now been kicked off their own 3rd Party ballot, the Ilion First Party. Short of a spectacular write-in victory in June, the Lamica-Lester administration in Herkimer County's largest village may be about to come to an end.

The Mayor of Ilion and its outspoken village trustee are livid over what they're calling "bullying" after they were kicked-off the ballot in the upcoming village elections due to petition technicalities. (AUDIO)

The attorney for disciplined Deputy Fire Chief in the Village of Ilion has put the mayor and Village on notice after it "wrongly placed" him "on administrative leave without explanation as to what law, policy or procedure he has violated," according to the court filing.

Things are heating up at the Ilion Fire Department and this issue has nothing to do with a blaze. Since the end of last year, there have been heated relations between the fire department leadership, versus Ilion Mayor Brian Lamica, and Deputy Mayor Chuck Lester, according to residents close to the conflict.